Apparatus for the delivering of soap and the like in portions



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May 22, 1928. 1,670,643

E. WEIDNER APPARATUS FOR THE DELIVERING 0F SOAP AND THE LIKE IN PORTIONS Filed April 22, 1926 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 M a 30 46' a 3 F199 a;

Patented May 22, 1928.

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EDMUND WEIimER; ore BERLIN; GERMANYM APPARATUS FOR THE DELIVERING; 0F s'oefalsia TsE"nxkmu'rom'mws;

Ap lication fi1ed Apiil22, 1526, Serial Nb.

Forsteri'fig and deliverin creams, pastes andthe eke, fbr'mstance toothpaste, tubes (if lead or'tiii'h'a've"hitherto been used. The

leadjtuhes" ai'eve'r'y c'lisad-vantageous owing to'thepoisenous'ness of the lead which f re quentl'y' eituseseczema and other di eases. Tlieitin" tubes are colnparativ'ely expensive so thatb'y the uselott'tichtin tubes thesele priee foi" thepas'tes' and creamtis consider- :ihly' 'iiieiease'd.

By the pr'eseiit' iiiventiofi a very practical,

simple and cheap packifigaii'ddelivering de-o necessary; that'the'p'aste, cream or the like.

beofsuliieient consistency to heeilt into thin slices; as is alwaysthe case with solid soap.

Preferably the" Cutting edge is formed by a. plaiie-ir'on whieh can be moved in straight liiie or alon'gfan" are of a circle an'd in sueh a manner that a: slice is ciit off thev mass only if the gutting-edge n i ov'esiin the one direction, The adjuting of tliefmass t0- War'dsthe delivering end of the sleeve may be e'ffe'ctedby hand or meehanically, e; g. by'mea ns ot a spring. i t

This device according to the invention may further be" developed by utilizing the apparatus for delivering soap iii po rti'ohs preferably as a penny-ih the-slot I de-i iee. Either the knife or plane or the h loelco't soap can eXeeute" the moveitient for th e stepwise" cflttiiig'oif of soap" portions, aiicl this movement may be ,nie-d'epossihle by theiih .se'rtio'n of a'coin," \Vhereas single thin plates of soap" packed andstored separately will dry stroiigljf during. storage and, lose their smell, the'userofthe apparatus according. to the" present invention always will receive freshly cutslicesot' soap, e V

Preferably the I arrangement is such, that the knife; planeor the like; or the bloek of soapare' 'moved 'in an art: of: circle by" means of e rofatable arm, and said armma y be 163,835; aiid'iitGei menyNeVember G, 1925} coupled by ari'in's'e i'ted coinhich drops into a" slot of said arm, with a handle having" a eerresptnein slotand being freely rotatable areu'nc lthe sameafxl'e' 'asssaid arm; I

'l/Vith' this apparatus deviee for delivering a piece of paper or fabric" may be combinedpin a' simple and practical" manner,- said sheet of papei 01' t'abrie being designed to'seive asa towel order any other purk pose "The conveying rolls'forthe paper or fabrie maybe rotated "from thearm eou pled' with the'hahdle by the inserted coin. Filrther objeets of the invention will be stated in the following detailed-description,

illustrated inf the drawings, and in the annexed elalms.

E :bodiments of the intention are how as exam les ihthe accompanying drawiiigs -in.Whie-h:'

Fig. 1 shews in; front elevation the improved' 'aaeking With the deliveriiigmeaiis;

Fig Q is-a side elevation of FigI-l, (meet hrokefnaway; I

3isza plan View of Figxly I F igi' t'shows in frorit elevation the packing wheh ill use the' slide beingpulledout;

f Fig; 5is a' per'spective view showing'one the long Walls of the "packing being partly form of eonstr-iietiol of theslide on alarger seale';

Fig;

F iga T is a? fro-ntelei atioh of the automatie'deviee, partly in seetioh";

, Fig; 8 aslde'elevhtiortof-FigiFi"; 1

Figz- 9' shows the lower part of thiseppa- 6* is a"si11 iilar vie \t showing a modiratu's in longitudinal seetionyviewed from I the front; and

' Fig; 10 'isfa pla n View of the'same'appa- 'rat'us, the coverlate bemg rem-OVed;

In the embodiment shown in Figs; 1 'CQ'SV the. mztssa'is stored in 'a" sleeve botcardheard or of other materlal for instance-sheet metal. Th1s'sleeveb1sopen at both ends.

the mass isinserted'; aplatec is ar'rahged-for clesinglthesleeve and-tor coveringthe corresponding el d of theblock a of them-ass", this plate be'mg movable in the sleewfefb.

abutmenty might' be; provided; in orolerto p'revent the: plate slipping out of the'sl'e'e'yg b' togetherwith them-ass;

In one long side or in two oppositelong sides of the sleeve 6 slots (Z are arranged which are of such width that the user can insert his finger and press upon the plateo. These longitudinal slots are closed by, preferably transparent, paper so thatthrough this paper 6 the mass in the sleeve can be end of the, sleeve 6 opposite to the end through which the mass is inserted. The delivering device consists for instance of a frame g of sheet metal fixedlf necessary on the sleeve Z) by rivets or other convenient means. The upper ends of the longitudinal edges of the frame 9 are flangedtwice to form guides it In these guides it aslide i of sheet metal is guided. This slide 11 has at one end tongues [c which are stamped out of the slide and are bent in outward direction toserve as stops and bear against flaps Z at the inner ends of the guides IL if the slide is pulled out into the position shown in Fig. 4, the movement of the slide in this direction being thus limited. Near the end of the slide 6 where the tongues 70 are arranged a flapjm is stamped out of the slide and bent inwardly. This flap m forms a plane-iron, the front edge of said flap m being sharpened if necessary. In a small distance behind this flap m a window n'is cutout of the slide 2', as shown in Figs. l-5, the flap 0 of material which is thus obtained beingbent out-wards over the knife to serve as abutmentfor the slice of pasteor the like which is being severedfrom the block a sothat this slice is pushed away from the sleeve when the slide 2' is being pushed back. The window n is preferably closed by a pane of transparent material, e. g. a film, gelatineor ,the like.

The rear endof the slide may be curved upward or downward after the slide has been inserted into the guides so that it can serve as a handle and to limit the movement of the slide. v

' To use the device, a pressure is exertedby a finger from the outer side upon the plate 0 so that the mass a is pressed against/the slide i, whereupon this slide is pulled out from the position shown in Fig. 1 into the position shown in Fig. 4. During this movement the knife m cuts a thin layer or slice 9 from the massa (Fig. 4), and this cut off slice of mass passes to the. outsidethrough the'interval between the cutting edge of the knife and the slide z and rests upon the slide and upon the free surface of the mass (1 respec-' tively. If the slide 71 is pushed in again, the slice Q of mass a is pushed in front of the The knife m of the slide 2" shown in F ig.

6 is constructed in such a manner that its side edges are still attached to the slide 27..

Instead of the flap 0 whichhas been cut out The mass (4' of the material of the slide in the production of the windown according to the'form of construction shown in Fig. 5, the front edge of the slide 71 according to thatshown in Fig. (5, is slightly bent outward at 9 so that it serves as an abutment for the cut off slice which thus is pushed off the block when the slide is being'pushed in.-

The construction of the slide andof the cutting device on the same may also be modified in other directions, for instance the cutting device may be formed by a thin wire stretched in convenient manner and adapted to act as cutting edge. The guide frame for the slide may be made in one piece withthe packing-sleeve if this sleeve is made ofsheet 7 metal. The knife, instead of being movable in longitudinal direction, may be rotatable or shirt-able along an arc of a circle so that a slice is cut off and delivered if said cutting device is rotated. Instead of pressing the mass onto the knife by a pressure of the finger this may be effected mechanically by weight or by a spring.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 8 to 10 a feedand driving wheell is clamped on the lower threaded end of avertical shaft 7 between, two collars 2 and.3 fixed by means of a nut 10. The feedand driving wheel 1 consists preferably of a metal rim with spokes or a connecting plate not shown in the drawings. Into the circumference of the sheet-metal rim-teeth are out near the upper edge, whereas incisions are arranged near the lower edge of said rim inregular dis tances from one another. A ratchet pawl lt is provided to engage with said incisions of said rim. Above the feed wheel 1 the knife 42 is clamped in shaft 7. At the right and left of shaft 7 tubular sheet-nn-ztal sleeves 4 of oval cross'section are arranged, which contain each a soap stick 31. A pressurepiece 8 having two laterally projecting arms is mounted on shaft 7 so that it rests upon the upper surface of thc'soap-sticks 31. At the center of this pressure piece 8 an internally threaded hole is arranged, and the piece 8 is screwed on the worm part 17 of the vertical shaft 7 A spring 9 loosely arranged on shaft 7 presses in the beginning I ning ofthe operation the engagement bewheels 22 and 22". 'lhetransmission of said gear wheels is selected so that these rubber rolls execute a complete rotation if the feed wheel makes only half a rotation. In consequence of this arrangement strips of paper or fabric of always equal length are wound off the roll- 30 and conveyed through between the rolls 24, said strip of paper or the like projecting through the slot 4.9 so that it can be torn off from the outer side of the apparatus.

, The cut off slice of soap drops through the center hole in the feed wheel 1 out of the apparatus, so that it can be removed or catched by the hand hold underneath that spot.

If the coin inserted into slot 50 is not of the correct size it drops through the slots of the arms 13 and 20 and the smaller slot of the partition 48 into the coin-channel 40' and can be removed at the outer side of the apparatus.

At every half-rotation of the feed wheel 1 the pressing piece 8 which is brought into engagement with the worm 17 of. shaft 7 by the action of spring 9 is pushed down a corresponding distance so that it presses the soap sticks down unto the knife 42 in such a measure that the desired slice can be cut off the soap sticks by the knife 42 when rotated. If the soap sticks have been consumed, the

-pressing piece 8 has disengaged from the thread 17 (Fig. 9) of shaft 7 and the spring 9 prevents the pressing piece 8 from bearing onto the knife 42.

Several modifications also of the autoslice being cut off at every operation.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention, I declare that what I claim is 1. An apparatus for the simultaneous delivery of portions of soap and towel material comprising a container, a shaft arranged therein, a driving wheel secured to said shaft, a soap receptacle adapted to carry at least one soap block arranged parallel to said shaft and above said wheel, a cutting knife secured to said shaft adjacent one end of said receptacle and adapted to cut a. slice of soap from at least one of the soap blocks contained therein, a bobbin for carrying a roll of towel material surrounding said shaft and said soap receptacle, means for? turning adapted to carry at least one soap block ar-' ranged parallel to said shaft abovesaid wheel,

' a cutting knife secured to saidshaft adjacent one end of said receptacle and adapted to cut a slice of soap from at least one of the soap blocks contained therein, a bobbin for carrying a roll of towel material surrounding said shaft and said soap receptacle and extending parallel thereto, feed rollers adapted to engage the towel material carried by said bobbin, transmission gears connecting said feed rollers with said driving wheel, a movable arm carrying a pawl adapted to engage said toothed driving wheel, and an operating handle adapted to selectively engage said movable arm to simultaneously rotate said cutting knife and said feedrollers, whereby a slice of soap and a portion of towel material may be delivered from said container.

3. An apparatus for the simultaneous delivery of portions of soap and towel material comprising a container, a shaft arranged therein, a driving wheel secured to said shaft, a soap receptacle adapted to carry a plurality of soap blocks arranged in parallel around said shaft, a cutting knife secured to said shaft adjacent one end ofisaid receptacle and adapted to cut a slice of soap from each of the soap blocks contained therein, a rotatably mounted bobbin for carrying a roll of towel material surrounding said shaft and said receptacle, feed rollers adapted to engage the towelmaterial carried by said bobbin and unroll a portion my hand.

EDMUND VVEIDNER, 

